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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1939)
Ghost of Soapy Joe Still Haunts Editorial Page Ducks, Buck Bailey Run Wild; See Game Story; Page 2 VOLUME XL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939 NUMBER 115 ASUO Politics Move Into Last Week With 8 Candidates Named I Five Juniors Up for Senior Class Offices Barr, Lowry Vie for President; Peggy Robbins, Alyce Rogers, Hillway Only Candidates for Other Positions Throwing their spring chapeaux in the proverbial political ring, five juniors were nominated for senior class offices last night in the Villard hall assembly. More nominations are expected to make their appear ance within the next two days via petitions. The candidates nominated last night were: Bert Barr, Sigma Alpha Mu, and Phil Lowry, Theta Chi, for president; Peggy Robbins, AOPi, for vice-president; Alyce Rogers, Alpha Gam, for secretary; Charles Directs Hostels Miss Nancy Jane Reasoner . . . Northwest director of the Youth hostels. She was on the campus for | the meeting yesterday. Movie Shows Paris Nursery 'La Maternelle' Depicts Slum Children A melee of squealing, squalling, squirming urchins of the slums of Paris intermittently tumbled, danced and skipped before the eyes of University students and faculty in room 101 of the phys ical education building yesterday afternoon and evening in "La Ma ternelle” (The Children of Mont y marte), final French film to be shown on the campus this year. From the beginning to the end the picture, sponsored by Pi Delta Phi, French honorary, is a realistic, intimate portrait of the children of Montmarte, a day nurs ery which harbors the tattered, dirty children of the Paris slums. Although English subtitles were lacking and the French was rapid, excellent pantomime made the pic ture intelligible even to the un initiated. The main interest in the picture is little Marie, played by Paulette Alembert, who has an intense hatred of men since her mother left her to the mercies of the city to go to Italy with a cabaret loafer. She becomes attached to Rose, the new nurse, who takes her in when her mother deserts her. When she learns that Rose is going to marry the nursery manager, she sinks into brooding despair and finally throws herself into the river. She is won over, however, after her rescue by a boatman, when the doc tor demonstrates his kindness by freeing a trapped mouse, and she is assured a home with the doctor and Rose. Alaskan Thrills Told Condon Club All the thrills and adventure of his expedition to Alaska were re counted by George B. Getty, who spoke to the Condon club, at their social meeting of the term, last night. Getty, who made the trip to Alaska with Father Hubbard, told y of his experiences in flying over the country, and of his exploration of the glaciers and crevasses found there. Hillway, independent, for trea surer. Rita Wright, class vice-presi dent, presided over the listless meeting in the absence of Scott Corbett, president. Approximately thirty juniors attended the nomin ation convention. Discussion was called for on the problem of having junior class vot ing combined with the regular ASUO balloting. Miss Wright as serted that the combination takes away prestige from the junior class and presents a difficult and confusing situation for the candi dates. There was no action taken on the problem. A report on the progress of jun ior weekend was given by Hal Jahn. Jahn claimed that the canoe fete this year will be both differ ent and unique and something for the class to be proud of. The inter fraternity sing will be a big draw ing attraction for the mothers, Jahn pointed out. He said that the : annual junior affair will require the help and cooperation of every | junior class member. Class Makes Lunch | For Faculty Women j The foods class yesterday under , the direction of Miss Mabel A. i Wood, head of the home economics ; department, prepared a luncheon I for the Tiffin table, a group of | University of Oregon women facul ! ty members which meets once a I week. Twelve members of the group were present for the luncheon which was held in the home eco nomics building. Table decorations were carried out in a May day mo tive. Women Plan For Breakfast Juniors, Seniors Sell Tickets; Mrs. Allen to Talk Sunday morning: at 9:30 junior and senior women will meet at the Osburn hotel for their annual breakfast sponsored by the YWCA. The affair this year is under the chairmanship of Lavelle Walstrom. Tickets this year are limited and the sales are going fast, according to Ann Bossinger, ticket chairman, j The new location and interesting ! program are an added inducement for attendance,” Miss Bossinger said. Tickets are 40 cents each. Mrs. Eric W. Allen will speak on ‘‘What Is Sophistication?”, a much discussed and unsolved top ic in this generation, and will at tempt to characterize sophisticat ed and unsophisticated persons. In addition to Mrs. Allen’s speech va rious musical numbers will be giv en, the nature of which, will not be disclosed until the time of the affair itself. A number of distinguished guests will also be present including, Mrs. Donald Erb, Mrs. F. M. Hunter, Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, Mrs. Al ice B. Macduff, Mrs. Eyler B rown, and Mrs. John Stark Evans. Ticket sales will close Thursday. Uirls interested in going snouid I contact their house representative immediately as tney must turn their money in to Bonnie Miller at the “Y” bungalow between 3 and 4 tomorrow. The 1939 meeting of the Ameri can Youth Congress will be held in New York City on July 1. I Broken Finger Plus Mumps, Fate of Moore Nursing a broken finger and a case of mumps at the same lime, Dwight Moore, first string Webfoot baseball man, has been laid up in the infirmary since the Willamette game, two weeks ago. Although the nurses and visitors serve somewhat to con sole him, Moore will be unable to play again this season. Isola tion is the fate of the man with mumps, he soon discovered, but yesterday was the last day and today he will go home again. Others on Tuesday’s sick list were Eleanor Johnson, Elved Steele, Leslie Erwin, Bob Crosby, Bob C. Anderson, Joan Stinnett, Keith Jandrall, Marguerite Snow, James Lonergan, George Robinson, Nick Matich, and Le land Terry. Dean Ellis, Johnson Win Hilton Prizes Law Students Get $50 and $25 on Talks On Railroad Case Dean Ellis and Darrel Johnson, winners of the Hilton speech con test, received $50 and $25, respec tively, when they took first and second place over two other con testants in the annual law school tourney last night in Fenton hall. Moon Chan and William Lubersky were the other entrants. Subjects for the discussions were “implications arising from recent supreme court decision of the Erie Railroad company vs. Thompkins,” which made legal his tory when a 96-year-old precedent was recently overruled. Entrants were judged on thought content, delivery, and the general manner of presentation of their speeches. Skipworth Judges Those who judged the contest were George Skipworth, circuit court judge, Lawrence Harris, for merly a supreme court justice and now a practicing attorney in Port land,-and W. P. Riddlesbarger, pro fessor of the University law school. This annual event was initiated 16 years ago by Frank Hilton, a Portland attorney, and cash prizes are annually offered to first and second prize winners. All law stu dents are eligible to contest. America’s first extensive history of the south—10 volumes—has been started by University of Tex as and Louisiana State university historians. Cricket, the famed English game, is a popular sport on the Mount Angel college campus. Left Holding the Plaques Glen Pounder . . . holds the two plaques which will l»e given eaeh year by Alpha Delta Sigma, advertising honorary, to the daily and I weekly newspaper presenting the Isjst performance in self-promotion. Stickers, Programs to Tell Of Weekend, Mothers* Day Advance Notices Invite Oregon i Moms to Fete _ Advance programs inviting Ore gon mothers to the annual Moth ers' Day and Junior Weekend cele brations May 12, 13, and 14, will be distributed to all students to day, according to Elmer Hanson, promotion chairman. All living organizations will be contacted tonight at dinner, and the programs given out. Special Junior Weekend station ery, ideal for sending the Mother's day invitations and the accom panying celebrations, is now avail able throughout the campus. Small Junior Weekend stickers are also being used to help promote the af fair. The student committee in charge of the Mother’s Weekend program, urges all Webfoots to write home at once and invite their mothers down for the celebrations to be held in their honor. ART MAJORS PLAN PICNIC Art majors and their friends will hold an all-day picnic Saturday, May 20, at Swimmers’ Delight, it was decided yesterday at a special meeting of the Allied Arts league. The students voted to place a committee in charge of arranging for refreshments and the meeting of expenses. Coeds Poll Campus For First Citizen Sweeping the University of Oregon campus with a bombshell poll at dinner last night, the staff of the women’s edition of the Emerald yesterday organized a swift moving machine to select “The First Citizen of Oregon.” The services of fifty feminine campus leaders were enlisted to distribute and collect ballots at the dinner tables of each campus living organization, in an effort to conduct the election of the University's “first citizen” with a speed and efficiency calculated to eliminate any intensive campus-wide electioneering for any single man. Picture to Appear On the front page of the women's edition of the Emerald on Saturday morning the picture of the “first citizen" will appear with figures compiled from the poll, and with deductions drawn from the results by members of the faculty. The analysis of the figures are expected to reveal such interest ing points as the influence of current political campaigning on student opinion, parallels in the opinion of men and women on the campus, and parallels of opinion in the different types of living organizations such as the fraternities and sororities, and the dorms and the cooperative houses. Politics May Enter The poll will be "lop-sided,” in point of view of the fact that independent students and those living off the campus could not be contacted. T Folders to Depict Weekend Theme; Out Today Designed to tell the story, pre sent an appeal, and please the eye all in one, Junior Weekend's brand new stickers and stationery-fold ers will today meet the collective eye of the campus, ready to say it through the mail to the “home folks.” “Return during Junior weekend to Alice in Wonderland, Univer sity of Oregon, Eugene,” is the legend across the front which first meets the eye. When it is opened the folder reveals messages of in vitation from Scott Corbett, junior class president, and from Hal Jahn, chairman of Junior Weekend. The second folder shows Maxine Glad, who is to be Queen Alice and rule over the weekend, chatting with the March Jfare, a fine piece of trick photography by George Knight, Oregana editor. The inside space is, of course, reserved for any kind of written personal mes sage to mothers, fathers, other rel atives, friends, alumni—anyone who might be interested in com ing to the campus for the three days, May 12, 13, and 14. sv nigu - puwcxcu uiaLi iuuuuii system went into action last night to put the quasi-stationery in cir culation. Under the direction of Roy Vernstrom, publicity co-chair man, the house to house distribu tion got under way, to continue through today. All living organiza tions will receive quotas of the ma terial, and in addition there will be a supply at Taylor’s, College Hide, Claypool and Van Atta, the Co-op, Falcon, and ASUO offices. In all, nearly 10,000 pieces have been prepared, the stickers out numbering folders by two to one, Vernstrom said. There will be no charge for the folders. Warren D. Smith To Teach Summer Session Courses For the first time in about 15 years, Dr. W. D. Smith, head of the department of geology and geography, will teach in the Uni versity’s summer session. Dr. Smith plans to teach one course on the geography of the Pacific basin, and another, giving an in troduction to the geology of Ore gon. At the close of the summer ses sion he will attend the Pacific Sci ■ ence congress and the national meeting of the Geological etr>ciety ! of America in the bay region til j California, Student Assembly Nominates 6 Men, 2 Coeds for Council Purity League Introduced; Kemler Guides Meeting In one of the best-attended nom inating' assemblies in years eight candidates were put into the race for ASUO executive committee, proportional representative system of voting was explained, and P. L. O. P. was revealed to the student body yesterday in Gerlinger hall at 11 o'clock. The nominees and individuals who nominated them were: Wen Bi'ooks by Max Frye; Scott Cor bett by Robert Elliot; John Dick by Hank Nilsen; Jeannette Haf ner by Anne Frederiksen; Lloyd Hoffman by Bill Cummings; Mary Jane Norcoss by Paul Cushing; Verdi Sederstrom by Joe Frizzell; and Roy Vernstrom by Hal Haener. Two Not Named Two candidates, Helen Brugman I e and Loraine Gjording, who had cleared eligibility requirements, failed' to be nominated. Miss Brugmap said that plans to nom inate her went awry but was not definite whether she would enter via the petition route. Norman Foster, freshman in journalism, took over the speak ing duties for the Purity League for Oregon Politics, revealing that the organization was a spontan eous group of students interested in seeing a large group of candi dates in the field. He showed that the group was not a new bloc, but lather an attempt to bring back to the general student body the right to choose the four members of the executive committee. Kemler Presides Zane Kemler, vice-president, pre sided at the meeting. Harry Wes ton, ASUO prexy, turned over the meeting to Kemler because of his recent absence from the campus with the track team, it was stated. Kemler explained the proportional representative system of voting to the assembly group of voters. All candidates except Lloyd Hoffman and Scott Corbett, who were not present at the meeting, gave short speeches. The call to have candidates speak, not used in the past, was impromptu. Allegheny college in 1940 will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its founding. Plans for Youth Hostel Route to Eugene Outlined Plans to set up a youth hostel route between Eugene and Port land seem likely to materialize following a meeting of a com mittee, headed by Dean of Per sonnel Karl W. Onthank, yester day. The committee met with Nancy Jane Reasoner, North west regional Youth Hostel di rector, and discussed plans for a youth hostel route from Eugene to Portland and from Eugene to Florence. Plans are practically complete for the Portland route, to go through Crawfordsville, Lacomb, and Silver Creek, it was an nounced. Miss Reasoner also met with a student committee and plans were made for a hike to Spencer creek this Sunday. Miss Reasoner was the guest of Dean Onthank at a dinner, Monday evening. Announcer Sought for Canoe Fete Candidates to Be Auditioned Next Saturday • In quest of a voice for Junior Weekend, the juniors last night, through Walt Miller, assistant weekend chairman, announced the annual audition for the role of fete commentator. Males who aspire to be fete com mentator, and incidentally the White Rabbit throughout the week end, will gather Saturday in 107 Friendly to appear before a judg ing board composed of Bob Schultz and Lloyd Hoffman, canoe fete co chairmen, Donald Hargis and Walt Eschebeck of the speech division, and Walt Miller. Gets Free Ticket Two reserved tickets to the fetej (Please turn to page three) I Romance Language Staff Publish Research Studies Some of the results of research studies made this year by the romance language department, un der the partial direction of the general research council of the state system of higher education, were outlined yesterday by Dr. Ray P. Bowen, head of the department. Accepted for publication by the University of Oregon press is a book of Dr. Bowen's, “The Dra matic Construction of Balzac's Novels.” An article by Dr. Bowen entitled “The Composition of Bal zac’s OEuvres de Jeunesse and La Comedie Humaine,” will be printed soon by the publications of the Modern Language association. A book review written by him ran in a recent issue of the Modern Lan guage Forum. Beall Writes Article Dr. C. B. Beall, professor of ro mance languages, had published an article on "The First French Imi tation of Tasso’s Invocation to the Muse" in the November number of Modern Language Forum, as well as a btook review in the same journal. Two of Dr. Beall’s articles are being printed in Europe this spring. One entitled “Mote Sur la Jeru salem Delivree et le Roman Fran cais’’ will appear in the April-June issue of the Revue de Litterature Comparee (Paris, France), and the other, called “Un Tassista Ameri can di cent'anni Fa: Richard Hen ry Wilde,” in the June number of Bergomum (Bergamo, Italy). Poems to Appear A small volume of unpublished poems by Wilde will appear in Italy in May. The book will be edited by Professor Beall. Dr. Leavitt O. Wright, professor of romance languages, in collabora tion with his research assistant, Stanley Robe, has published “A Linguistic Study of Some Mexican Comics” in Modern Language For um for' March, and has an article on "Final Consonant Plus N-Glide in Jalisco, Mexico” to appear (Please turn to page jour) Miss Gjording May Enter Race For Ex-Comm Via Petition Pew new factors entered the political scene during: yesterday afternoon and evening after nominating assembly brought candidates into the open. Possibility of one more can* didate was seen when it was learned late last night that a petition was being circulated in Susan Campbell hall to enter Loraine Gjording in the race. Helen Patterson, a resident of the hall, said that *she believed Misa Gjording would run if the petition were filled. Mixup Believed Responsible It was not known whether dorm politicians favoring the Sederstrom bloc would oppose or try to pre vent Mjss Gjording's candidacy. Her failure to be nominated today was believed to have been due to a mixup in getting a speaker to nominate her. Rumors persisted that Wen Brooks and Lloyd Hoffman, candi dates from houses that have been lined up with John Dick, would withdraw from the race. Wen Brooks stated positively late last night that he would stay in to the end. Hoffman to Stay In Hoffman also agreed to keep in the running, and branded rumors that he would pull out as false. Vernstrom indicated forcefully that he would stay in, in spite of numerous “offers” and “deals” pro posed to him during the day. The political meeting of yester day evening was held at the Sigma Chi house at 7:30. It was a smaller group than met last night, and it was believed that representatives from the Delt house were given the “cold shoulder” because of the fact that Roy Vernstrom, a Delt, is run ning. Lynn Bockes was present for part of the meeting. Humors Grow Wild Rumors, growing wilder as the evening stretched into the morn ing, included everything from a story that all women are banding together behind a single candidate, to a report that Dick would be run second behind Corbett. None of these were verified and persons in the "know” gave strong statements that they were entirely unfounded. SDX to Choose Officers Today Election of next year’s officers will be held by Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journalism honorary, at 4 p.m. today in 104 journalism. A nominating committee of pres ent officers and several members have chosen tentatives nominees for the positions, but additional nominations from the floor will be accepted at this afternoon’s meet ing Hubard Kuokka, this year’s president, announced yesterday. Elections are being held at this time instead of later,in the term, as is usually the custom, because of the fact that the summer con vention in Palo Alto will require a great deal of preparation by the new officers before the end of the spring term. Latest plans for the 1939 stream lined “Green Goose,” annual cam pus sheet will also be discussed.